Has anyone got a spare hard copy of the 'old' JSP 101 they don't mind parting with - when jsp101 was called service writing not defence writing, when submissions were called service papers, and before staff officers were required to address presentational issues (spin) on briefings for ministers?

the new jsp 'defence writing' is downloadable as a pdf but i'm after the jsp 101 'service writing' which predates defence writing.

Has anyone got a spare hard copy of the 'old' JSP 101 they don't mind parting with - when jsp101 was called service writing not defence writing, when submissions were called service papers, and before staff officers were required to address presentational issues (spin) on briefings for ministers?

the new jsp 'defence writing' is downloadable as a pdf but i'm after the jsp 101 'service writing' which predates defence writing.

WonDERR - it might be worth getting amongst the AECs to see if they can help - especially as they do a sizeable amount of DW work on the WOCLMs etc (or used to). They might have a copy of "how it used to be" around their libraries. They certainly used it to beat me over the head with once or twice during my days at the Colly AEC.

"2cm margins, two spaces after the full stop, margins set at 1cm... etc"

The 2010 Def Writing JSP101 requires Officers to produce spin for ministers ('Presentational Issues' to be addressed in briefs etc),
Routine, DO, Commanded and Directed letters are dumbed down with one letter (very fish and chip!),
Proper OED spellings are replaced with trendy ones (ie organization -which is Oxford English, not American - is replaced with organisation)

WonDERR - it might be worth getting amongst the AECs to see if they can help - especially as they do a sizeable amount of DW work on the WOCLMs etc (or used to). They might have a copy of "how it used to be" around their libraries. They certainly used it to beat me over the head with once or twice during my days at the Colly AEC.

"2cm margins, two spaces after the full stop, margins set at 1cm... etc"

It's stil imprinted onto my brain to this day

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Thanks call me Dave. I remember falling out big time with my DS at JDSC when I finished twice as much 'work' as others in the same time, but with more punctuation errors (as opposed to errors caused by lack of clarity, poor structure, grammar, syntax etc). my simple logic was a clerk could put that right (this was before PCs) and i was being productive. i still think he was badly wrong!

Introduction section. Defines the problem or states the issue to be considered and prepares the reader for the statement of the Aim. Should not pre-empt the discussion or anticipate the summary.

Aim section. Single sentence, it always begins with 'the aim of this paper is.....'

3rd section is a discussion. If comparing COAs, the last part of this section should be titled 'comparison of methods'.

Summary section. In conjunction with the Introduction, Aim and Recommendations, the reader should get the gist of the paper. The Summary must never contain facts, opinions or arguments that have not already appeared in the Discussion section.

Recommendations. As it says.

Oh, and by the way, my 1999 copy of the Defence Writing Guide also includes 'presentational issues' under MinSubs.